Soft cuff



Oct. 23, 1923.

A. A. FOURNIER SOFT CUFF Filed Sept. f1, 19,23 2 Sheets-Sheet l un..."nununuauuu Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471,596

A. A. FOURNIER SOFT CUFF Filed sept. 4, 1923 2 sheets-sheet 2 l v I I ttorny Patented @et 23, i923.`

i Unirse stares Lenses VALBERT A. FOURNIER, oF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, cani-inn.

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' yApplication filed September 4, 1923. Serial No. 660,895. i

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. FOURNIER,

a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, resid-` ing at Gttawa, in the county of Carleton, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Im`` provements in'Soft Cuffs, of which the fol-k 4be usedrwith eitherrolled` edge, orwearingy edge, exposed to view. a

It has for a further y,object to provide a soft culi having itsedges rolled so as to give the-semblance Jor appearance of theV ordinary doubled soft cu,'at the wearing edge onethat can'be easily washed and having provision for the insertion ofa blade n or blades or :the like kat the edges so that the cuif may be kept in its flattened condition when drying after being washed. To this endl form the cuff of material in t'ubular form flattened with the opposite wearing edges rolled and seamless, the ends being turned vin and hemmed or otherwise'secured to prevent raw edges, and the ends fof the cuil" open and unstitched, the opposite faces-of the cuff being held in relative posi#` tion by means passed ythrough the sameintermediate vtherolled edges, button holes being provided in the ends of the cuff, the y stitches of which may serve to retain said opposed faces in fixed relation toeach other. This connection, however, does not' 'effect Y the rolled edges of 4:opposite wearing edges .of the.- Ycuff, but' does prevent freedom' of rnovement'of the' material-of the cuffso Y f that the same cannotfbe rolled or-revolved to bring Vother portions thereof into posi.-V portion,

tion to form the'edgexwhen the'one hasfbecome worn, orsoiled.

n Broadly stated, therefore, the presentim 1 vention embodies a soft .cuff 'formed' offabric with the Opposite wearing edges rolled and unrestricted as to' such rolling move#` ment 4at'the edges, the material offwhichv `the cuff is formed being united between Ysuch rolled edges, the (Juif provided: adjacent the ends with button-holes',` ythe opposed faces of the kmaterial being secured together only by thek stitches ofthe button holes`,ior

stitches orl other means'L adjacent thereto, Y leaving: the' end portions open lorfunat-fk tached except for suchstitches, thuspermitting the` desired rolling effect atfthe wearingiedges but restricting such'move-i .f f

'ment l i Other objectsand advantages of-the in vention will hereinafterappear, 'and the novelV features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims. f

The invention, as aboveoutlined, ispcapable of embodiment in afvariety of forms, some of which are hereinshown `by way ofl illustration.

The/invention, inr suchifrmis, is- Clelvlfs lustrated in the. accompanying' drawings, i

which, withv the numerals of reference marked, thereon, form a part of this 1spec ification, and in-which r v Figure l is a perspectivefview showing'.

one of my culfs as applied to a shirt sleeve. v Figure 2 is a perspective Aview ofthe cuff complete partly brokenaway. f f

. Figure v is an enlargedsection-as'on the line 3 3 of Figure 2. -1 f Figure 4 is anenlarged section'as on .the

line' 4 4 of Figure 2.,

Figure 5 is a perspective viewiofvanother embodimentv of the invention'.

VFigure Gisv an enlarged section asvonV the i line 6 6 of Figure 5.

y Figure 7 is an enlarged section as ion the VFigure 8 is a perspective view of another form ofembodimentofthe invention.; r i

@FigureV 9 is an enlarged section as on the line 9 9 of Figure 8 l i. Lilienumerals l of reference l parts throughout the severalv views.

y In carrying out invention I may make the cuifs in theexactlength required, or,the samefmay be made 1nY *longv tubularlengths,

whereby the 'sewing can .be accomplished quicker', as it does 'not require so many short stops, yandthe lengthV ofy tubing can thenk bek f cut into thelproper cuff n lengths; Whichever way` the ytubing is .formed`,ulhowever, ythe resultantcu's the-saine. f*

is 'made of a singlepiecelof material yhaving indicate like 105 As shownin Figures 1,2,8 and'll the-tuhe"` yits edges "folded, or rolled t0 ferm: the Week ingedges 1, 1, the abutting edges 2-2 ofthe Vmaterial being sewn together as at 8, 3, see

Figure 2, where broken away, to form a seam, and then the tube is turned inside out, bringing the seam inside the tube where it is concealed.v The ends 4 of the material of the tube are then turned in as seenin FigureV 4, and secured in such turned-in position by stitches 5, as seen in said Figure 4; see also" Figures 1 and 2. These stitches, however, do not unite the opposite faces of the material ofi the cuffs but they are left free and disconnectedy except as will be hereinafter described; Y y

After the tube has beenA turned, as just described, and the ends inturned and stitched to'prevent them from raveling and to give a finished appearancek to the culi, buttonholes 6 are formed at the ends of thecuf.

As seen in Figures 3 and 4 the stitches-of.

' the buttonholes extend through opposite j tively flimsy nature.

faces of the material and thus serve toretain. they same in their fixed relation yet allowing ofv giving the rolling effect at vthe vwearing edges, they material of the cud beingunstitched at. or adjacent such edges, as seen.- clearly in'Figure 3.v In the completed cuif, the seam being concealed within the culi, the material' is` substantially flush at 'the junction of the edges, so that the seainl is hardly observable in the' completed cuff.`

The material of which the cuff is formed may be of one or morek plies as may be de-v sired.v

Vhile in Figurel 2 I have shown thebutton holes as disposed in alignment with the line of stitching as' this obviates the unnecessary cutting of the material, it is evident that the same effect in securingk the opposedy comes soiled the culi` is detached from the shirt sleeve and turned edgeY for edge, bring# ing thefother edge into wearing position", as will be readilyunderstood. v

`In some instances, as for instance, where the material is silk, or lsome other expensive material, in order that the cost of the cuff may be somewhat reduced IV may makethe same of two pieces of material, as seen inl F igures 5, 6r andf', thefs'amebeing yof un-` equalwidths, thejlarger portion. 7,'being of 1 the same material ofthe shirt, and rolled at its opposite edges-A as seen. ati 8 'to formY the folded orY rolled wearing edges, the longitudinal. edges of thi'sfpiefceabeing folded in-f wardly toward each other and overlapping the main portion, which latter forms the exposed portion of the cuffk in use, the narrower portion 9 having its edges stitched to the adjacent edges of the portion 7 to form the seams lO and 11l as seen in Figure 5, theY tube thenbeing turned inside out, the same as in the form above described, the seams then being concealed within the cull, as seen in Figures 5 v,and 7, the outer faces of the two kpieces being flush as seen in Figures 5 and 7. The ends of the two pieces a re then lturned in as seenV at 12 and stitched as at 13 pieces of material 15 and 16', of equal widths',

having their adjacent edges stitched together as shown at 17 and 18, the tubular blank being 'thesame as in the other formslwith the exception that each piece has an: edge foldedl to form a rolling or folded wearing edge,

each piece having'one edge secured tothe unm Afolded edge o-f the otherpiece as seen clearly in Figure 8so` that each face of the cuff is composed of amajor portion of one piece and a minor portion of the other piece. The

rolled wearingedges are unstitched` asin the other forms, and the ends of the cuff are inturned as seen at 19, seeFigure 9, and then sittched as seen at 2O to give a finished appearance, the ends ofthel cuffs being free from fastening means toI connect them together, except by the stitches of button holes 21 which pass through the opposite'A faces of the cuff as seen clearly in Figure- 9. It is to be understood that after the seams atf17 and 18 areformed the tubular-member is'turned inside out so that the seams ywill be concealed within thek cuff, the same as .in the' other forms, and as shown inFigure 8.

In some cases the opposite faces of the cult may be secured together as by a short row of transversestitches 22y as seen in. Figures 8V an`d9, in whichV case the stitches of the but'-y ton holes need not extend through the opposite faces ofthe cuE. In some cases it may be advisable to employ these transversel stitchesinv addition tothe button holes' tol guardI against strain on the button holes and to reinforce the material adjacent such buttonholes. f f The form of cuff.; shownA Figures; 8,- and sidel ont, 'bringing` theedge formed-v of the position. e e. lin all Yforme the oints between-` adjacent edges of the material is such that the adjacent portions will in all cases be flush.

What is claimed as new is l. A soft cuff the material of which is folded rolled and seamless at oppositeedges of the cuff, the material being united between said edges, they cuffk beingprovided with button-holes at the ends, the opposite faces of the cuff being connected together only at points between the folded edges, leaving the latter disconnected adjacent such e Ges.

A soft cu formed of fabric in tubular form flattened with the opposite wearing edges rolled and seamless and having buttonholes at the ends, the fabric being seamed betwen said edges, they buttonfho-le stitches solely joining the opposite lfaces of the fabric at the ends. f Y Y 8. A soft cuff formed of fabric of tubular form attened, with a seam extending in the direction of thelength of the cui and dizsposed between the rolled edges of the cuff,

fthe ends of the fabric being inturnedwithin the ends of the cuff, the cuff being ,providedv at the ends with button-holesthe stitches of whichgsolely 'join the opposite faces of the fabricfat the ends the rolled edges being free for movement.

at opposite sides rolled,v the edgesbeing unstitchedythere being button holes inthe end cure Vopposite portions of the materialv t0- gether, lleaving the other portions disconnected from each other.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

KVportions of the cuff, they stitches of which se i ALBERT A. FORNIER. 

